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How Obama Threw It All
Away in the Denver Debate

Daily Beast, by Simon Schama Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/6/2012 4:56:27 AM Post Reply

As the whoppers tumbled from his smiling lips, Pinocchio Romney’s nose grew so long that it was practically poking out the eye of his mournful opponent. But even had it struck raw cornea, the president would have politely removed the intruding proboscis to say, “Governor Romney, I probably agree that the nation could do with a good eye watering, though we disagree on the manner in which it would be administered,” or some such snappy retort. Quick! Somebody call the Rejoinder-Implant Service before it’s too late! Which it already may be.

The Zombie Apocalypse
“Town Hall” debate is coming

Hot Air, by Libby Sternberg Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/6/2012 4:46:26 AM Post Reply

The glow of the first presidential debate still warms the hearts of Republicans as their nominee, Mitt Romney, clearly outshone President Obama. Savor the moment. The next presidential debate on October 16 is….(wait for it)….****The TOWN HALL FORMAT!**** Am I the only one who loathes this kind of discussion arrangement? The Commission on Presidential Debates describes the setup thus: The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond,

First Dreamliner delivery confirms Charleston
as international business address

Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Brendan Kearney Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/6/2012 3:44:03 AM Post Reply

Charleston has been an international business address for centuries thanks to its port, but with Friday's delivery of Boeing South Carolina's first 787 to Air India, the Lowcountry has officially reached a higher elevation.[Snip]“We've been always a kind of Navy town driven by tourists and governments jobs, for the most part,” Benson said. “Now suddenly we've got an outside influencer coming into the fold, which we never had before.” Over the past couple years, thousands of Charleston-area workers have had a hand in building the inaugural 787 Dreamliner. Now a high-level delegation from the South Asian national carrier has

Good riddance: Hate preacher Abu
Hamza finally on a flight to U.S .
after losing last-ditch attempt
to stay in Britain

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/6/2012 3:11:29 AM Post Reply

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza is due to land in the U.S. this morning on a place after being extradited late last night just hours after judges threw out his last-ditch bid to stay in the UK today. In the early hours of the morning Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed the hate preacher had left Britain, adding that she was pleased they had finally be removed. The Islamist fanatic lost the last of his countless appeals in a legal farce that has seen him thwart extradition for more than eight years at a cost to taxpayers of millions of pounds.

Two arrested in Turkey over death
of U.S. ambassador Christopher
Stevens in Libya embassy attack

Daily Mail [UK], by Sam Adams Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/6/2012 2:17:47 AM Post Reply

Two suspects in the killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens have been arrested in Instanbul, according to reports. The pair, believed to be Tunisian nationals, were detained while trying to enter Turkey at Ataturk Airport. Mr Stevens was one of four Americans who died when Islamist gunmen stormed the Benghazi consulate last month. A member of the foreign service and two former Navy Seal bodyguards were also killed after terrorists overran the consulate and set fire to it. Mr Stevens was the first US ambassador to die in the line of duty since 1979. Turkish broadcaster Kanal D

The Email Obama Should’ve
Sent After the Debate

New Republic, by David Rees Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/6/2012 1:13:39 AM Post Reply

Last night, I finished watching the Romney/Obama debate, ate a bowl of ice cream in a daze, and was about to go to bed when I got an email from the President: SUBJECT: Hey David — I hope I made you proud out there explaining the vision we share for this country. Now we need to go win this election -- the most important thing that will happen tonight is what you do (or don’t do) to help in the little time we have left: https://contribute.barackobama.com/ Thank you, Barack Usually I love getting chatty emails from the most powerful man on earth.

Hugo Chavez Might Actually
Lose His Election on Sunday

New Republic, by Francisco Toro Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/6/2012 1:01:54 AM Post Reply

CARACAS—The presidential election in Venezuela this Sunday really shouldn’t be this close. Counting on his legendary charisma and a dizzying oil boom that has brought nearly $1 trillion into state coffers during his tenure, Hugo Chávez probably thought he could coast to a third six-year term. But then, reality went off-script. The comfortable poll lead he’d held for most of the year vanished in the last ten days. As the campaign draws to an end, Sunday’s vote is best seen as a toss-up. What happened? At first blush, it’s mystifying. In an increasingly autocratic petrostate, the advantages of incumbency

How Abu Hamza's extradition could
create a mess for Obama

Reuters, by Mark Hosenball Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/6/2012 12:51:17 AM Post Reply

Washington--The British government's imminent move to extradite five prominent Islamic militants to the United States for trial could trigger security and political headaches for President Barack Obama and his administration. After years of appeals, two British judges gave final legal sanction on Friday to the extradition of the militants, who include a one-time U.K.-based spokesman for late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and a notorious hook-handed imam who once preached at a big London mosque. Under the terms of British and European court rulings authorizing the extradition, they must be tried in U.S. civilian courts and

Friendly fire killed Border
Patrol agent, sources tell NBC News

NBC News, by Pete Williams Original Article

Posted By: thudlike- 10/5/2012 11:47:18 PM Post Reply

Investigators are preparing to announce that the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie in Arizona earlier this week was the result of friendly fire -- accidental gunfire from another agent who responded to the same scene, state and federal officials told NBC News on Friday. The conclusion is based on an analysis of the ballistics, the lack of evidence of other criminals in the area at the time, and other factors, the sources said. The FBI released a statement later on Friday confirming that preliminary evidence showed friendly fire was to blame in the shootings.

Romney tries personal touch
on campaign stump

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/5/2012 11:27:52 PM Post Reply

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fresh off a debate performance he spent highlighting American stories, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday peppered his campaign stump speech with those same kinds of personal anecdotes. During his speech, he pointed to a 14-year-old facing leukemia, a quadriplegic friend who spent his life working for spinal injury research and a woman, Jane Horton – whose husband Spec. Chris was a sniper in the Oklahoma National Guard and died last year – who now works to help other Gold Star families that have lost someone in battle.

Courts taking up opposition to Dodd-Frank

Washington Post, by Dina ElBoghdady Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/5/2012 11:23:50 PM Post Reply

After failing to scuttle the landmark legislation in Congress, critics of the Dodd-Frank Act overhauling financial regulations are trying to chisel away at it in the courts — with some initial success. Twice, federal regulators have lost in court trying to defend the rules, which were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis. On Friday, they were back in court again, fighting for yet another regulation they say is linked to Dodd-Frank. Each time, the challenge came from a lawyer with a prominent legal pedigree: Eugene Scalia, son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Debate Ratings Show Obama
Picked the Wrong Night to Flop

Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/5/2012 11:17:09 PM Post Reply

The biggest difference between discussing the outcome of a sporting event and a political debate is that the outcome of the former is, or at least ought to be, objectively determined by the score while the latter is, almost by definition, a subjective judgment. Nevertheless, though debates are often muddled affairs with no clear winners or losers, some are fairly clear-cut in their impact. Wednesday night’s set-to between President Obama and Mitt Romney was one such encounter. The left-wing talkers on MSNBC, the establishment types chattering on CNN and the conservatives on Fox News all agreed

Obama finally gets in
his witty replies to Romney -
48 hours late. Did the TWO
teleprompters help a bit?

Daily Mail (UK), by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 10:39:17 PM Post Reply

Fairfax, Va. -Speaking at an event in Fairfax, Virginia, a relaxed and confident President Barack Obama had plenty of witty retorts and quotable sound bites to aim at his challenger Mitt Romney. The problem was that they came a day and a half after he had been demolished by Romney during the first presidential debate in Denver and were scripted and delivered with the aid of a pair of teleprompters flanking the stage. ‘Now, my opponent, you know, has been trying to do a two-step and reposition and got an extreme makeover,’ Obama,

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes...
and a doggie bag! Oprah
joins Mitt and Ann Romney
at home for a cooking session

Daily Mail (UK), by Sadie Whitelocks Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 10:28:28 PM Post Reply

The Obamas have a well-documented relationship with Oprah, but now Mitt and Ann Romney have opened up to the chat show host for the first time. The Republican power couple welcomed the media mogul into their roomy New Hampshire holiday home on Lake Winnipesaukee, to talk about family, religion, food and, of course, politics. Casually dressed in jeans, with the top button of his shirt undone, the presidential nominee even took it upon himself to pack Ms Winfrey a doggie bag for the road, as they finished off in the kitchen.

Obama Blasts Romney Debate
‘Tap Dance’ As Dancing
With The Stars Or ‘Extreme
Makeover: Debate Edition’

Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 10:20:26 PM Post Reply

During a stump speech this afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio, President Barack Obama took more shots at Mitt Romney‘s debate performance, blasting the GOP candidate for seemingly contradicting the policy positions he has outlined in the past. The president likened his performance to several reality television shows. “My opponent, he was doing a little tap dance at the debate the other night,” the president said. “He was trying to wiggle out of stuff he’s been saying for a year.” “It was like like Dancing with the Stars or maybe it was Extreme Makeover,”

Chris Matthews Goes After
Jack Welch In Brutal Battle
Over Unemployment Numbers

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 10:16:28 PM Post Reply

Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews on Friday to defend his assertion that the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey which surge in employment forcing the unemployment metric down from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent is flawed. The interview between Matthews and Welch quickly descended into a heated debate over the veracity of the BLS figures and the charge that there was a corrupt effort to rig the unemployment rate to help President Barack Obama win reelection. “We had 600,000 government jobs added

Obama: 'We don't believe anybody Is
entitled to success in this country'

The Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: LAW428- 10/5/2012 9:12:09 PM Post Reply

"This country does not just succeed when just a few are doing well at the top," Obama said, according to a rush transcript of the remarks. "It succeeds when the middle class gets bigger. Our economy does not grow from the top-down, it grows from the middle-out. We do not believe that anybody is entitled to success in this country. But we do believe in opportunity...snip....That is what we have been fighting for the last four years.

Benched: DWS Is MIA
in Democrats' PR Blitz

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Sexton Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/5/2012 9:05:15 PM Post Reply

Have you noticed that we've seen a lot less of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz recently? Since getting caught misrepresenting her own statements caught on tape in early September, she seems to have been relegated to the back bench. Wednesday night was the first presidential debate, and Democrats had their various surrogates on hand to talk to the media. Rep. Wasserman-Schultz gave interviews to Univision, 7 News Colorado, and what appears to be a pre-debate interview with an ABC affiliate. She'll appear on Bloomberg TV this Sunday and she has a new profile in Vogue of all places

AFP Responds to September
Jobs Report with Silence

Breitbart's Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/5/2012 9:01:21 PM Post Reply

On the day the national unemployment rate was cut to 7.8 percent, Americans For Prosperity (AFP) on Friday released what may be one of the most attention-grabbing and unconventional ads of the 2012 election cycle. The ad is titled “Dinner Table” and features a recently unemployed father trying to eat dinner with his worried wife and two kids. The only sounds that can be heard are the tinkling of utensils as the family unnervingly pokes at their food. It is a scene that has been played in real life in millions of homes across America during the Great Recession and

Americans in Pakistan
to protest drone strikes

Associated Press, by Zarar Khan Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 8:48:28 PM Post Reply

Islamabad - A group of American anti-war activists are in Pakistan to join a march into the country's tribal belt to protest U.S. drone strikes in the rugged northwest territory. Their presence has energized organizers behind the protest but also added to concerns that Islamist militants will target the weekend event. The two-day march — in reality a long convoy — is to be led by Imran Khan, the former cricket star-turned-politician who has become a top critic of the American drone strikes in Pakistan. It is to start Saturday in Islamabad and end in a town in South Waziristan,

M&Ms factory 'chemical
waste' behind bizarre
coloured honey

News.com.au, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 8:25:32 PM Post Reply

Strange multi-coloured honey produced by French bees has been traced to a nearby factory processing waste from M&Ms chocolates. Beekeepers from Ribeauville in the Alsace region of northern France first noticed the problem in August, FranceTV Info reported. Bees in about a dozen apiaries started producing a substance that tasted like honey but was brightly coloured red, green or blue. (Snip) In March, the company had started using sugary waste from a Mars company factory that produced colourful M&Ms chocolates - and it had been storing the waste in vats open to the air.

Romney ribs Obama over debating skills

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/5/2012 8:16:01 PM Post Reply

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney basked in an crowd energized by his successful debate performance during a rally in Florida on Friday, ribbing President Obama over his debating skills. "We heard his answers. Or his non-answers, as it may be," Romney said. The presidential candidate called the debate "a great experience" and said he "enjoyed" the back-and-forth with the president. "I think that Jim Lehrer did an excellent job in raising issues and giving us a chance to talk about the issues instead of the kind of gotcha interviews that happen sometimes," Romney said.

Chavez pulls out all the stops for
approaching Venezuelan election

Globe and Mail [Toronto, Canada], by Jan-Albert Hootsen Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/5/2012 8:05:55 PM Post Reply

CARACAS - The elderly lady in the brown dress drops her bags and sighs as yet another employee of a bus company waves her away. “I’m sorry, sweetie, there are no buses. Not to Caracas, nor anywhere else,” the girl tells her. She’s not alone; no one in the dusty bus terminal of San Cristobal, a sprawling city on the Venezuela-Colombia border, is going anywhere today. President Hugo Chavez commandeered most of the buses in even the most remote corners of the country to pour tens of thousands of supporters into the nation’s capital for the closing week

Bill Clinton to hit the campaign
trail again for Obama

CNN, by Kevin Bohn Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 7:57:59 PM Post Reply

Washington - A month after his well-received Democratic National Convention speech, former President Bill Clinton will be back next week trying to boost Barack Obama’s reelection bid. Clinton will join Obama in Los Angeles at a private fund-raiser Sunday, an Obama campaign aide told CNN. (Snip) Clinton, however, is not expected to attend a star-studded concert called “30 Days to Victory” on Sunday evening in Los Angeles. Actor George Clooney will deliver remarks at this event, while musical stars Jon Bon Jovi, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jennifer Hudson, Katy Perry and Stevie Wonder all are scheduled to perform, according to

The Rape of America’s
Ambassador to Libya

PJ Media, by Raymond Ibrahim Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/5/2012 7:57:52 PM Post Reply

When seventy-year old retiring Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., suggested that the administration’s response to the embassy attacks was akin to a court asking a rape victim for an apology — in his words, “It’s like the judge telling the woman who got raped, ‘You asked for it because of the way you dressed’” — his analogy may not have been so allegorical: According to the Arabic website, Tayyar, the American ambassador in Libya [Christopher Stevens] was sexually raped before being killed by the gunmen who stormed the embassy building in Benghazi last night [Tuesday, September 11], in protestation

'Star Wars' Icon:
'Snake Oil Salesman'
Romney 'Must Be Defeated'

Newsbusters, by Randy Hall Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 7:57:12 PM Post Reply

Mark Hamill, the actor best known for portraying Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" movies, posted some harsh criticism of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in his Twitter account Thursday that drew some interesting responses. "I've never seen a candidate for president lie more than Romney," Hamill stated. "He lies effortlessly, shamelessly. This snake oil salesman must be defeated!!!" Some of the people who have responded to the 60-year-old actor's remarks took them less than seriously and worked in some reference to the three "Wars" movies in which Hamill was featured.

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